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Had the ZM for a month, time for a proper drive

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Had the ZM for a month, time for a proper drive

Post by stevespg » Thu May 18, 2017 6:41 pm

After a few weeks with ZMR, thought it was time to take it somewhere warmer and twistier for a few days

Headed from Shropshire to eurotunnel.... and pretty much went south...(ish) for a couple thousand miles of open roads, twisties , beer and good food with my eldest daughter and a good friend with whom I've done a few of these type of trips...

Through France, into Andorra, and across the Pyrenees back to Bilbao via just about every twisty road we could fit in... 5/6 hours in the seat every day, but it was a blast... a beer at the end of the day was enough to send us snoozing pretty quickly.

Weather in the while was fantastic, 26-28 most days, but the southbound run through france toll roads was a little damp.. at least the mountains were dry.

Almost no other sports cars, sports bikes or cyclists... was eerily quiet and most days we had the hills to ourselves...

M performed faultlessly, and was absolutely fantastic fun around the Twisties, very comfy, and the boot was just about big enough for 2 with camping gear for a week...



Just some iPhone pics, but you get the idea...
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Post by mr wilks » Thu May 18, 2017 6:57 pm

Little beats a roadtrip whether a night away in UK or a weeks touring Europe :driving: top manoeuvres & great ///Memories there Steve :thumbsup:
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Post by Darren Slone » Thu May 18, 2017 8:05 pm

Looks like you had a great trip :thumbsup: :driving:

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Post by stevespg » Thu May 18, 2017 8:24 pm

Darren Slone wrote: Thu May 18, 2017 8:05 pm Looks like you had a great trip :thumbsup: :driving:
Fantastic fun

Last year was an alps trip and most of the classic passes in a 600hp tvr
Couple years back was Austria, Italy, Switzerland etc...in a cobra replica i built..

This trip was more chilled, but probably had more fun, ZM is soooo. easy to use.
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Post by buzyg » Thu May 18, 2017 11:09 pm

The Joys of a road trip in a Z4M. :driving: :thumbsup:

Nice pictures too. :)
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